JUNE 23, 2015Fourth UW-Madison MOOC of 2015 explores big-picture energy questionsThe debate over energy consumption and its consequences is constantly evolving, whether the subject is fossil fuels or renewables. UW-Madison's latest massive open online course (MOOC), "Energy and the Earth," will give thousands of people an online forum in which to explore these topics.

JUNE 19, 2015Holloway focuses 2015 Energy Summit on air and energy"How air quality and energy affect each other is the single biggest story no one is hearing about,” says Tracey Holloway, UW-Madison professor of environmental studies and chair of this year’s Energy Summit, which will take place on Tuesday, October 13.

JUNE 11, 2015UW-Madison students estimate cost of Wisconsin's clean drinking waterWe don’t think about it when we turn on the faucet for a cold drink of water, but it takes quite a bit of energy to fill that glass. How much energy is a question that University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate students Andrew Behm, Andy Lick, and Annie Lord spent this past spring pursuing.

JUNE 11, 2015Wisconsin engineers contribute to Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam discussionTo its home country, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam represents a crucial source of hydropower. But to Sudan and Egypt, Ethiopia's neighbors downstream on the Nile, the dam — known as GERD, and expected upon completion in 2018 to be Africa's largest — looks like a threat to agriculture and to Egypt's own power-generating Aswan High Dam.

JUNE 2, 2015Private gifts ensure continuation of Nelson professorshipThanks to the generosity of private donors, the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies will be able to continue to award the Gaylord Nelson Distinguished Professorship despite its deletion from state law during the budget process.

JUNE 1, 2015Holton Chair champions work in health and climate changeInternationally recognized for his work at the intersection of health and climate change, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Jonathan Patz says the new John P. Holton Chair in Health and the Environment will significantly advance this work.